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March 8, 2010
Two weeks ago, FCR said first residential building would begin this year; now they're talking summer 2011
Atlantic Yards Report
At a public meeting on February 24, Forest City Ratner executive Jane Marshall said, "As we've stated publicly, we intend to begin design of the first residential building in such a way that it can break ground in the fourth quarter of this year."
An article in the past week's Courier-Life chain quotes FCR spokesperson Joe DePlasco:
Phase one of the construction is the arena block including three residential buildings.
The first of these buildings is scheduled to start in the summer 2011, with the second building six to nine months after that, and the third six to nine months after that, said DePlasco.
In other words, the schedule has already changed.
NoLandGrab: Anyone who's even remotely familiar with Forest City Ratner knows that the company and its spokespeople are incapable of telling the truth when it comes to Atlantic Yards. If DePlasco says "summer 2011," you know it's not starting in sumer 2011.
Posted by eric at March 8, 2010 10:43 AM